title: Clusters in the biopharmaceutical industry: toward a new method of analysis.
abstract: Clusters are groups of co-located and interconnected firms and institutions linked by commonalities in their strategies and complementarities in their activities and resources. There are several reasons for the geographical clustering of firms in the biopharmaceutical industry. This review unpacks some advantages and disadvantages of cluster participation, and proposes a new method to enable managers and researchers to identify clusters in the biopharmaceutical industry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland. zerden@ethz.ch
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Erden
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Krogh
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans